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Tag Archives: World War I
Prague: two Sarajevo moments
somwehere in an old building at Prague castle, to my surprise, there was a window with a notice on it saying: this is where the Defenestration of Prague happened. The what? Took me back to when I was 17 and … Continue reading
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Tagged central Europe, Czech Republic, Holy Roman Empire, Konopiste, Prague, Prague castle, protestant, religion, Roman Catholic, Sarajevo, Thirty Years War, World War I, World War II
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the end of Vienna
There was one last museum left in Vienna before I moved on: the Leopold Museum. This had some Klimt in it, but its main star was Egon Schiele, a protege of Klimt’s, who arrived in Vienna at the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century art, Austria, Egon Schiele, Expressionism, Gustav Klimt, Secession, Vienna, World War I
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